HR2658

Altitude: -76.7° Azimuth: 301.3° Direction: West-North-West

HR2658 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2658 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2658 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2658:

Color of HR2658 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2658 6.43

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2658 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -76.7°
Azimuth: 301.3°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2658

HR2658 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2658 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 02m 15s

Declination J2000 -43° 24’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 253.77°

Galactic Latitude -16.43°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2658 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2658.

Visibility of HR2658 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR2658 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2658

The image below is a photograph of HR2658 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2658 is 0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2658. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2658 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2658 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2658 is distant 408.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.16 pc

Distance (light year) 408.01 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.015 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2658

HR2658 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.94

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of HR2658 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2658 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2658. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2658

Henry Draper Catalogue HD53253

SAO Catalogue SAO218396

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33909

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-43 2882

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis